Screenings: Thursday 26 June
 Free Screening:
Fall by Paddy Jolley
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar 10.00 pm
Fall.
Tedium breeds its own reverie. Here becomes like there becomes like could be anywhere. This forms a coincidence with the generic: Repetitions erode sense of place and make buildings seem less substantial. The logic of these displacements causes things to come adrift. Little houses sink and burn. Furniture smashes in an empty car park. Events of small destruction. pathetic and momentarily cathartic
Patrick Jolley//11mins//16mm//2008//(Digibeta)
Fall will be presented on a loop until midnight.
Screenings: Friday 27 June
Screening:
Polish Documentary Shorts
The Light House, 1.00 pm
A choice selection of new short documentaries from the Krakow Film Foundation.
Screening:
Animadrid: Spanish Animation Programme Part 1
The Light House, 3.00 pm
In December 2000, the first Animation Film Festival of the Community of Madrid (Primer Festival de Cine de Animación de la Comunidad de Madrid) took place, under the name of ANIMADRID; over the course of the decade, it has become one of the most prestigious and much-loved animation festivals in the world. Now Darklight, in association with Institute Cervantes, is delighted to bring the Best Of Animadrid to Dublin. Our first Animadid programme offers a selection of the finest in contemporary Spanish animation.
Screening:
Underground Presents: Shellshock Rock
Filmbase, 4.00 pm (NB: Please note earlier time slot)
Shellshock Rock is John T Davis' lyrical snapshot of Northern Ireland’s burgeoning punk scene in the late 1970s. It features performances - captured live and raw - from local bands The Undertones, Protex, Stiff Little Fingers, Rudi, Outcasts, Victim and The Idiots. Set to debut at the Cork Film Festival in 1979, but mysteriously rejected at the eleventh hour, Shellshock Rock later went on to win a Silver Award at the New York Film and Television festival that same year. The geniality behind the camera captures the innocence in front, making for a disarming glimpse at the North’s punk culture, and introducing the world to a filmmaker unafraid to challenge the conventions of the genre. John T.Davis//Ireland//1979//46 mins
Plus: The Stars Are Underground
A vivid document (directly inspired by Shellshock Rock) of the generation of
Irish
bands who took their inspiration from
American
hardcore punk bands and, rather than pursuing
major label
deals, made their own self-financed
records
and released their own material; amongst the acts featured are Pet Lamb,
Female Hercules
, Tension,
The Mexican Pets, and The Jubilee Allstars.
Screening:
Best Of Fest 2008
The Light House, 4.30 pm
A cinematic smorgasbord of magnificent short films from Darklight's festival partners across the globe, including the Platforma Film Festival, Greece, the ISAFF Open Film Festival, Russia, Wired Sussex, UK and Les Inattendus, France.
Free Screening:
Virtual Cinema
The Light House, 6.30 pm
Join us for the World Premiere of the first wave of Virtual Cinema shorts. Like we said... The Future Is Now. And the first ten Virtual Cinema shorts are...
-Don't Leave Me Hanging by Paddy Courtney
-Deer Park by Billy Walsh
-Paranoid Fat Chick Gets Fired by Cecilia McAllister
-When Nuns Attack by Boru
-A Facebook Fatwa by Eamonn Carey
-The Athenroydes by Fat Kitty Films
-Stay Out Of My Bag by Frances Roe
-Chipper by Rachael O'Kane
-The Perils Of Internet Dating by Simon Eustace
-Rapunzel - The Blonde Years by Trish Grove & Fiona Ashe
The screening will be followed by a reception and networking session.
Screening:
Darklight Animation 1
The Lighthouse, 8 pm
We're so over the whole live-action thing... Darklight proudly presents the finest new animation from home and abroad.
The programme includes:
Pullin' The Divil By The Tail: All The Way To Mars//5'00
by Steve Mc Collum//Ireland
Star//3'21
by
Alexander Reyna//US
Memo//1'00
by Stephen McCarthy//Ireland
King Pawn//5'45
by Trevor Courtney//UK
Machine City//4'33
by Liam O'Sullivan//Ireland
Orgesticulanismus//9'20
by Mathieu Labaye//Belgium
Please Say Something 1-15//7'35
by David O'Reilly//Ireland
Spektr: Things That Go Bump In The Night//3'00
by Thomas Pors//Denmark
Not For Commercial Consumption//4'40
by Mark Blake//Ireland
Rybka//9'35
by Sergei Ryabov//Russia
Beauty Now//3'40
by Paul Flanagan//Ireland
Sine reco(r)ded//3'00
by Juliana Borinski & Pierre-Laurent Cassiere//Germany
Hair In My Soup//2'30
Vera Klute//Ireland
Infinite Justice//2'00
by Karl Tebbe//Germany
Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly's History Of Ireland (5'00)
by Cathal Gaffney//Ireland
Screening & Live Performance :
Crispin Hellion Glover Presents: What Is It?
Crispin Glover//U.S.A.//2005//72 mins
Plus:
The Big Slide Show
Irish Film Institute, 8 pm
Crispin Glover's remarkable filmmaking debut is described by the filmmaker as "The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are
snails,
salt, a
pipe, and how to get
home. As tormented by an hubristic,
racist inner-psyche ." The screening will be preceded by a live performance from Crispin Glover, presenting his Big Slide Show. Trust us – it's going to be a night to remember. Crispin Glover//USA//2005//72 mins
NB: The screening will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Free Screening:
Chris Doyle: Selected Video Works
Meeting House Square, 10pm
Renowned Australian-born cinematographer Chris Doyle has spent most of his professional career working at the heart of the Hong Kong film scene. Although he has worked with Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and M. Night Shyamalan amongst others, he is best known in the West for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai on Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood For Love and 2046. Better known by Chinese-speaking audiences as Du Ke Fung (`like the wind'), Doyle is a passionate advocate of Asian cinema and attributes to it a vibrancy and energy that long ago left Hollywood in its wake. Citing music and dance as hugely influential on his unique visual style, his approach to his own craft is famously irreverent.
Tonight we present a special presentation of Chris Doyle's short video works.
Screening:
The Late Show: Darklight & Candy Present
Heavy Metal In Baghdad I
irish Film Institute, 11 pm
VICE Magazine founder Suroosh Alvi and VICE Films head Eddy Moretti embark on a gonzo journey to meet Iraq's only heavy metal band in a freewheeling documentary focusing on youth culture in war-torn Iraq. In the summer of 2005, shortly after Saddam Hussein's brutal rule came to an end, Iraqi heavy metal group Acrassicauda (named after an especially venomous breed of black scorpion) teamed with VICE Magazine to stage a sold out rock concert. A year later, Alvi and Moretti return to the Middle East country to find out how the war has affected the band. Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a refreshing and vital piece of frontline journalism that finds hope in the power of music to connect people, and in the determination of Iraq’s youth to find peace – and rock the house. Eddy Moretti & Suroosh Alvi//2007//84 mins
Filmmaker Eddy Moretti will be in attendence for this screening.
Screenings on Saturday 28 June
Screening:
Faceless (aka Surveillance)
The Light House, 1 pm
In a society under the reformed 'Real-Time' Calendar, without history nor future, everybody is faceless. A woman panics when she wakes up one day with a face... Faceless was produced under the rules of the 'Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers'. The manifesto states, amongst other things, that additional cameras are not permitted at filming locations, as the omnipresent existing video surveillance (CCTV) is already in operation. Manu Luksch//Austria/U.K//2007//50 mins
This screening will be preceeded by a duo of short films made in Ballymun:
SIGHT UNSEEN
Sight Unseen is a film made with residents of the Thomas Clarke tower block in Ballymun. The film is shot entirely from the windows of the tower and features transcribed interviews with a number of its residents - describing both the views that they see and the views they hold, at a moment when the sightlines that make up the former are about to disappear as the block is demolished. Graham Parker & Grace Weir//Ireland//2005//36 mins
HOTEL BALLYMUN
A document of the controversial (and acclaimed) Hotel Ballymun project. Hilary Fennel//Ireland//2007//12'23
Screening:
Animadrid: Spanish Animation Programme 2
The Light House, 3 pm
Our second programme of Spanish animation presents a series of seminal works by veteran Catalan directors Jan Baca and Toni Garriga, alongside a selection of stunning plasticine animations by director Pablo Llorens, whose work has received numerous accolades, in particular, the Goya Award for Best Animation Short-film (Premio Goya a Mejor Cortometraje de Animación) which he received in both 2005 and 2006.
Free Screening:
KIDS' Cartoon Lounge
Meeting Room, Irish Film Institute, 3 pm
Join Darklight for a choice selection of classic Irish animation for children of all ages. All welcome! And it's FREE!
Screening:
Searchers 2.0
Irish Film Institute, 2 pm
Two actors go on a road trip from Los Angeles to Monument Valley, Arizona, in search for revenge... And the director of Repo Man and Sid And Nancy gleefully embraces low-budget digital filmmaking with this welcome return-to-form, a deadpan road movie riff on John Ford and Sergio Leone – produced by none other than b-movie icon Roger Corman. Alex Cox//U.S.//2007//90 mins
'Think Cheech And Chong meets Road Trip, with smarter jokes and poignant insights about American culture and Hollywood.' The Onion
Screening In association with Movies.ie:
Focus On Warp: Dead Man's Shoes
Irish Film Institute, 3.30 pm
In Shane Meadows' uncompromising classic, Paddy Considine (who co-wrote the script) delivers a tour-de-force as a a tortured ex-solder who returns to the rural Midlands village of his youth to take revenge on the local thugs who used and abused his younger, mentally challenged brother. One of the defining British films of the new millennium. Shane Meadows//U.K.//2004//90 mins
Plus:
Dog Altogether
Paddy Considine//U.K.//2007//16 mins
Joseph (Peter Mullan) is a man plagued by a violence and rage, driving him towards self destruction; as he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption. Paddy Considine's debut as director won the Best Short Film prize at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and the 2008 BAFTA Awards.
NB: This screening will be introduced by Paddy Considine, who will participate in a Q&A afterwards.
Screening in association with the Goethe Institute:
Saving Pop Culture: Experimental German Music Videos 2003 – 2007
The Light House, 5 pm
This selection of recent German music videos offers compelling evidence that the medium is alive and kicking. The programme includes videos from International Pony, Amon Tobin, Tujiko Noriko, The Streets, Hymie’s Basement, Wir sind Helden, C-Shulz, Chicks on Speed, Bit Meddler, Roman Flügel, Telefon Tel Aviv, Monta, Vernon & Burns, Losoul, Luigi Archetti, Bo Wiget and Funkstörung.
Screening:
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILURES
iRISH fiLM INSTITUTE, 6.00 pm
A self-described failed rock musician who's never had an actual job, thirty-something Londoner Chris Waitt dissects another shortcoming in this sometimes screamingly funny documentary. A comedy of humiliation and haplessness—with a happy ending of sorts—A Complete History shows Waitt willing to appear a complete (though endearing) ass. However, his moronic reaction shots are so perfect, and the film so brightly assembled that regardless of all outside editorial input, one guesses he’s not quite as dumb as he acts. Soft-peddled here is the fact that he’s directed several prize-winning shorts; not mentioned at all are prior acting gigs including a sizable role in last year’s smash Hot Fuzz.—Dennis Harvey, ‘variety’.
NB: The screening will be followed by a Q&A
Screening:
Underground Presents: Last Night of the Funnel
Film Base, 8 pm
Dublin's Funnel Bar was the key underground music venue in the late '90s. Last Night of the Funnel features 80 minutes of roughly edited hand-held camcorder footage of the Funnel's final bash, a massive party featuring DJs from U:Mack, D1, Bassbin, The Fear and Pure from Scotland; it captures a moment in time and a night to remember. Stephen Rennicks//Ireland//1999//80 mins
Screening:
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crispin Hellion Glover Presents: It is Fine. Everything is Fine!
Crispin Hellion Glover Presents:
Irish Film Institute, 8 pm
Plus: The Big Slide Show
Due to unforeseen circumstances "It is Fine, Everything is Fine!" will not be screened this evening, however we will be re-screening Crispin Glover's Film "What Is It?". Tonight's performance will be preceded by a brand-new, never before seen BIG SLIDE SHOW.
Crispin Glover's remarkable filmmaking debut is described by the filmmaker as "The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by an hubristic, racist inner-psyche ." The screening will be preceded by a live performance from Crispin Glover, presenting his Big Slide Show. Trust us – it's going to be a night to remember. Crispin Glover//USA//2005//72 mins
NB: This screening will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Screening:
New Adventures In Animation: Part 2
The Light House, 8 pm
All killer, no filler: more of the finest new animation from home and abroad. The programme includes:
Everything Flows//3'25
by Alan Dunne//Ireland
Jab//6'05
by Keith Lawes//UK
Plaste Sex//2'30
by Conor Finnegan//Ireland
The Lost Waves//7'00
by Amir Mehran//Iran
Office Rivalry//2'45
by Colin Reid//Ireland
Nothing Swallowed Something//2'40
Donal O'Dhaltun//Ireland
Dot: The Book As Video//4'30
Jorg Petri//Germany
Justin Case//5'00
by Joshua Frankel//US
An Cailleach Bhearra//8'00
by Naomi Wilson & Brian Doyle//Ireland
The Yellow Envelope //9'00
by Delphine Hermans//Belgium
Gravel//3'00
by Lorcan Finnegan//Ireland
The Tales Of Donkey The Whale (1'09)
by Chris Corner//UK
Infinite Justice//2'00
by Karl Tebbe//Germany
The Linear Adventures Of Average Joe//7'00
by Bryan O'Sullivan//Ireland
Wires And Bows//2'36
by Andrew Brand//UK
Proscrastination//4'15
Johnny Kelly//Ireland
Screenings on Sunday 29 June
Screening:
Tron
Irish Film Institute, 2 pm
An unmissable big-screen outing for the original CGI classic! Computer programmer Jeff Bridges hacks the mainframe of his evil ex-employer... And finds himself beamed inside the computer by a power-hungry master control program! Tron is a true cult sci-fi classic, a visionary work of considerable beauty, a true style icon – and one of Darklight's very favourite movies.
This screening of Tron will be introduced by Professor Ken Perlin.
Screening:
Dark Shorts
The Light House, 2 pm
Strange and beautiful short films from home and abroad.
Prepare to be challenged, enlightened and entertained. The programme includes:
Joy//9'27
by Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor//Ireland
Energie//5'09
by Thorsten Fleisch//Germany
Un Peu Moins (A Little Less)//5' 40
by Dónal Ó'Céilleachair & Konstantin Bojanov//Ireland/Bulgaria
Pagan Poetry//'51
by Feargal O'Malley//Ireland
Angoscia//1'17
by Gabrielle Reiner//France
Television For Ghosts: A Bedroom//6'39
by Shalo P//US
7½ Women//9'00
by Bidzina Kanchaveli//Germany
Pripyat//16'00
by Nicky Larkin//Ireland
Ch3Ch2Oh//5'00
by Yin-Ju Chen, Taiwan
Scrubbers//1'00
by Niamh Murphy//Ireland
1500 Doors//2'03
by Paul Prendergast//Ireland
Under Construction//9'55
by Zhenchen Liu//France
Existialism//45'
by Fergal O'Malley//Ireland
Les Archives//3'37
by Cecile Chevalier//UK
Other//6'07
by Marc-Ivan O'Gorman//Ireland
Copy//1'00
by Eoin Heaney//Ireland
Another Picture//3'55
by Gregg Bierman//US
Anamnesis//3'28
by Ann Maree Barry//Ireland
It's Elementary//5'38
Jane Cassidy//Ireland
Screening:
My Winnipeg
Irish Film Institute, 2 pm
Mad cinematic scientist Guy Maddin continues in the freewheeling, genre-bending tradition that has made him one of Canada’s most consistently intriguing and internationally respected artists. This gleefully demented 'docu-fantasia' paints a unique portrait of Maddin's beloved home town, adeptly blending local myth with a unhealthy dose of childhood trauma. Darklight loves Guy Maddin. And you should too. Guy Maddin//Canada//2008//80mins
Plus: Pilgrim
An abstract mood piece from one of Ireland's finest documentarians, detailing the annual ascension of Croagh Patrick. Pat Collins//Ireland//2008//13mins
Screening
Light Shorts
The Light House, 4 pm
More selected short films from across the globe. Expect the unexpected. And the demented, the occasionally hilarious and the strangely touching. The programme includes:
An Inspector Calls//'22
by Leish Burke//Ireland
Jape: Floating//3'15
by M&E and D.A.D.D.Y//Ireland
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity//10'00
by Britt Dunse//Germany
Once Sweded//2'00
by Conor Steenson//Ireland
Lennigrad Cowboys: You're My Heart, You're My Soul//4'07
by Teemu Auersalo//Finland
The Beekeeper's Son//10'14
by Jamie Hannigan//Ireland
The Wind Of Change//2'52
by Susanna Watson//UK
Here And There//7'00
by Eoghan Kidney//Ireland
Nicotine//4'00
by Eva Tabares//Ireland
Johnny Lowe And Alec//4'50
by Dave Green//UK
Blue Balloon//1'16
by Marc Corrigan & Gwen Dalton//Ireland
Airport//1'00
by Veronica Cavagnini//Ireland
The House That Matt Built//5'20
Julian Hills//Ireland
Where Are We Going//6'28
by Luca Rocchini//Ireland
Furor//9'00
by Jason Figgis//Ireland
No Regrets In The West//5'00
by Colm Quinn//Ireland
The Blight//5'00
by Rouzbeh Rashidi//Ireland
ASBO Bumblebee//3'44
by Christian Johnston//Ireland
I Am The Pilot//3'00
by Eamonn Crudden//Ireland
Bingo//2'15
Michael Fortune//Ireland
Mmmmmnnnn...//'26
by Aileen Lambet//Ireland
Screening:
Paddy Jolley: A Retrospective (And A Conversation)
IFI 4.00 pm
A screening of work by Paddy Jolley, followed by a public interview with the artist conducted by independent visual arts curator Aileen Corkery.
Seven Days 'til Sunday.
Following the logics of classic slapstick comedy this film is comprised of a sequence of performative episodes. A group of stoic figures fall through the architecture of New York, incinerate in their living room, self-detonate in a wet field and sink finally to the bottom of the East River.
Patrick Jolley/Reynold Reynolds//10 mins// Super 8//1998// (35mm print)
Sog
A building becomes so affected by the residue of bad atmospheres left behind by people that it develops an allergic reaction.. Walls suffer rashes, boils and weeping sores. Lesions form and the fireplace vomits copiously. Meanwhile the inhabitants continue their banal existence within the disrupted organism of the house.
Patrick Jolley//11mins//16mm 2007//(Digibeta)
Hereafter
A block of flats stands empty. The inhabitants have all moved out.
Liberated from their people, the furniture and fittings enjoy new
freedoms. However, a melancholia soon takes hold and they lapse into
accelerated decay. . .
Patrick Jolley/Inger Lise Hansen/Rebecca Trost//11mins// 16mm//Super 8. 2004// (35mm print)
Burn.
A narrative collage set in a house on fire.
"Burn is a stunning evocation of those unspoken, unconfronted somethings, those secrets, worries and lies, forming a force which is always a part of the fabric of everyday interactions; at first niggling at the edges, then - provoked by a word or a gesture - suddenly searing through everything and everyone in its path."
Belinda McKeon. Irish Times.
Patrick Jolley/Reynold Reynolds//10mins//16mm// 2001// (35mm print)
Drowning Room.
An underwater soap opera. Set in a small dwelling where the stagnant atmosphere has become so thick that it has turned to liquid. Oblivious, the inhabitants carry on with normal life, busy with all the things you can do at home without speaking.
Patrick Jolley/Reynold Reynolds//10mins// Super8// 2000//(35mm print)
Fall.
Tedium breeds its own reverie. Here becomes like there becomes like could be anywhere. This forms a coincidence with the generic: Repetitions erode sense of place and make buildings seem less substantial. The logic of these displacements causes things to come adrift. Little houses sink and burn. Furniture smashes in an empty car park. Events of small destruction. pathetic and momentarily cathartic
Patrick Jolley//11mins//16mm//2008//(Digibeta)
Screening:
Surprise Film
The Winding Stair, 40 Lower Ormond Quay, 7 pm
Join us for a special screening at our favourite Dublin bookshop.
Closing Event:
Dublin The Movie (AKA The Darklight ’08 4-Day Film)
The Oak, Dame Street, 9 pm
The culmination of four days of frenetic activity – a new Irish feature film is born!
What can we say? It's gonna be emotional.
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